liver lung and bone cancer

Hi Mary,

Sorry to hear your partner is having such a tough time. I visit several cancer websites and talk to people from all over. Yes, there are people living several years with secondaries. In general, people seem to do much better nowadays than several years ago. Treatment has come a long way.

Where was her original primary? Where is she having her radiotherapy? And what chemo are they proposing for the liver mets?

Regards,

Flo.

I'll have a look for you and see if I can find a good support site for people living with secondaries.

Hi Flo
well the cancer is winning my partner grows weak every day .
her sister will arrive from uk tommrow not realy knowing how ill she is...
today was a realy bad day for her she could not eat anything..
i have family which are there for us but feel so alone watching the woman i love for the last 17 years in so much pain.the cancer started in breast 8years ago..she then got in her lung 3years ago then spread to bones and liver.. she is on mst for pain.. she also takes essiac its a herbal tea we get from canada..
you should look up rene cassie its tells you all about the essiac..she had radiotherapy on spine t9 and l4 or is it other way around.. that did help stop pain on nerve endings but the liver is giving her most trouble now...
yes chemo was for liver but no way would she have it..
thank you flo for reply
means a lot god bless..
mary

Hi again Mary,

I can only imagine how difficult it must be for you both at the moment. I can understand her decision to decline further chemo. It can be so tough on your body and if she feels she would not really see the benefit of putting herself through it all again, then its hard to argue its case. Are you finding it tough dealing with her decision on this? I think I would find it very frustrating to watch someone I love make a choice like that and not be able to DO something.

Here's a few websites that may be of help. This forum is great but there is not a huge amount of activity. The most active ones are US ones which is not helpful in some ways BUT it still gives the benefit of advice and support from others in the same boat. If your partner is not interested, then you personally might still gain something from one. I'm a big fan of having someone to talk to about everything, but everyone is different.

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/8

http://www.advancedbc.org/

http://cancerforums.net/index.php

http://www.bcadvisor.com/mets-891.html

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

Some of these are just information, much of which you prob know already but I stuck them in anyway. Others are forums that you can register for.

Regards,

Flo.

Hi Flo
Sorry in delay to reply to last mail..
Time goes by so fast and not enough hours in the day..
My partener is doing okish cancer has spread to pelvic bone bless her she still carrys on.. she is still on the essiac and milk thistle for the liver which is doing her wounders she eats everything so fingers crossed she stay as good as she is
we try to get the most out of the day and with the evenings longer plus the good weather we be out growing our veg again this year..
flo ty again for info..
chat soon
mary.